Art is close to my soul
Drawing by Aras Amin
I am Aras Amin, a visual artist student in an adult art program, and I would like to enter this artistic competition to get a chance to win the ‘How to Draw’ Course to improve my drawing skills…
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XVIII Century French Master
Artwork by Emmanuel
Hello to you all art lovers,
My name is Emmanuel, I live in France, and I love to draw since I am a child.
I love the XVIII century French Masters for at least two reasons. First they have the technical heritage of the western renaissance, and they invented a new artistic style which is called “Roccoco” it means “Rocaille” in French…
Joy of the simple line
Artwork by Karen
I love to paint but drawing was always my passion as a child. As the years passed so many things in life demanded my time , work , kids & just the day to day business of life. I would love to rekindle my love of the simple joy of drawing. There is nothing as lovely and elegant as a beautifully drawn pencil or pen & ink. Plus it is the foundation of every great painting…
Answers to Drawing Academy survey questions
Many thanks to all of you that participated in the Drawing Academy Survey.
The survey’s winner has been awarded with the full Drawing Academy Course!
More than 100 participants asked academy tutors their most pressing questions about art, how to improve their drawing skills, and the Drawing Academy course itself. We did our best to answer all of them via email.
Below are our answers to 43 selected questions you might find interesting and helpful…
Roxy & Airoso
Artwork by Claudia Luethi alias Abdelghafar
I am a Swiss artist who has began to create an international art career. I draw and paint in a realistic style but with my own style not hyper-realistic. I try to give the paintings and drawings live and soul. so when you pass for example drawings and paintings of myself with an animal you think “has it moved?”
In the drawing you see I was drawing two horses of a friend of mine who gave me here high professional camera to take pictures from me paintings to be able to make also prints of it.
I was so happy that I wanted to give here something really personal back so I made this drawing of here horses…
Art in the Renaissance
Article by Slater Smith
The Renaissance was one of the greatest periods in art history. Man lost the teachings of the Ancients during the Middles Ages, but was able to not only renew, but to improve upon them. We think of Raphael’s monumental frescoes, Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus”, and Michelangelo’s awe-inducing sculptures. They must have been gifted. They must have been talented from birth. They must have had divine motivation or inspiration to reach such heights. Or so we think. The artist was not much during the Renaissance. In fact, “artist” was a word nearly floating into obscurity. They were simple craftsmen trying to make a living, just like a normal man. Not as moving of a purpose as the modern world would expect…
TENDERNESS
Artwork by Carol GRACE de SOFIA
I have always drawn or painted off and on throughout my life. I am self-instructed, from books, observing works of art, watching tutorials in the internet, asking questions here and there.
Almost 60 years later, the same “bubbling” remains inside my belly!
And fortunate enough, I found the DRAWING ACADEMY in the web! I am absolutely delighted about the quality of its presentations, both in videos and texts…
The Importance of Fine Art
Article by Slater Smith
Very recently, I got into a discussion on which careers are beneficial to society and which are not. At some point, an individual said that art has absolutely no purpose to the world, giving no explanation as to why. I was immediately startled. How could anyone not know the value of fine art? After a day or two of thinking, I realized that very little painters, sculptors, and other craftsmen are ever referred to outside of an art history or appreciation course and how many students even take the time to participate in such classes? I does not make sense to study the French Revolution with without studying Jacques-Louis David, nor is it logical to speak of religion without the Sistine Chapel being mentioned. In this article, I would like to explain the various ways artists have shaped today’s world…
Drawing Academy Survey Winner
Many thanks to all participants who submitted their opinions and questions about the Drawing Academy course here »
We greatly appreciate all your constructive critiques, suggestions and questions. Your feedback will be used to improve the Drawing Course.
All your questions will be answered via email and the most interesting will be published in our “Ask Tutors Questions” category »
And the winner is:
Tina Stonefield Ishihara
Portrait Painter
Midland Park, NJ – United States
The Drawing Academy can help me become a Master Artist
Artwork by Ronnie Rayner Larter
I have always been interested in art since the late 1960’s and have studied as a self-taught artist. However, when I was 37 years old I embarked on a 2-year graphic design and illustration course at art college. I have also taken fine art studies part-time but found them disappointing as they never taught students ‘how to draw’, which was a huge drawback. Eventually, I taught myself by studying the techniques of the old masters. I consider myself to be a reasonably good artist, but feel certain the Drawing Academy could help me progress to the level of a master artist…
